"""
Sometimes it may be necessary to
split a list of players into more than two teams.
Create a new function which takes as parameters
a list of team names and a list of players
(both of these will be lists of strings),
and allocates players to teams as evenly as
possible.

"""
from random import choice, shuffle

players = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P','Q', 'R']

teams = ["A Team", "B Team", "C Team", "D Team"]

teamsquads=[]

players_bk=[]
for each in range(0, len(players)):
    players_bk.append(players[each])

def make_teams(teamz, playersz):
    shuffle(playersz)
    
    while len(playersz) > 0:
        try:
            for team in teamz:
                shuffle(playersz)
                picked_player = playersz.pop()
                print(playersz)
                teamsquads.append(team + " " + picked_player)
                print (teamsquads)
        except:
            break # break out of the loop if no players left
   
    
make_teams(teams, players)

print(f" players =  {players} length {len(players)}")
print(f" squads =  {teamsquads} length {len(teamsquads)}")
print(f" players_bk =  {players} length {len(players)}")
print(f" teams =  {teams} length {len(teams)}")